There's nothing more awesome than an evil wizard. Commanding the forces of darkness, chewing the scenery, wielding objects of terrible power... it's a great gig. But it's not one with a lot of job security. Here are 12 terrible mistakes that evil wizards always end up making, which prove their downfall. »2/23/15 10:00am 2/23/15 10:00am

It's just a photo of two toys facing off, but this photo by JD Hancock has us imagining all sorts of scenarios in which Brainy and the Brain have to team up. (To take over the world, of course.) »11/19/14 4:19pm 11/19/14 4:19pm

Tons of classic animated series have become live-action films, including the Smurfs, Garfield, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And often... it doesn't work out that great. But which animated series or cartoon must never, ever become a live-action movie? Ever? »8/08/14 2:00pm 8/08/14 2:00pm

Too much Spider-Man is not enough — at least, not according to Sony. The studio says it wants to release a Spider-Man movie, or a Spidey spinoff, every year. Like clockwork. Because with a great media property comes great overkill. »2/25/14 3:12pm 2/25/14 3:12pm

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it would be several decades before someone created the space travel technology for men and women to finally meet. Perhaps that's why so many writers, moviemakers and artists have imagined places where only one gender run their worlds. These stories illustrate that… »11/14/13 12:26pm 11/14/13 12:26pm

Short of a Strawberry Shortcake snuff film, you couldn't imagine a more cynical and soul-destroying repackaging of a 1980s cartoon than the Smurfs movie from two years ago. And now they're back. This time around, we're focusing on Smurfette, the only female Smurf, and it's actually sort of interesting. »8/02/13 12:36pm 8/02/13 12:36pm

And we thought Smurfs were creepy looking on the outside. Artist Jason Freeny has ripped off Papa Smurf's skin to show you what these little monsters look like on the inside, and it's pretty creepy. »7/23/13 8:45am 7/23/13 8:45am

What happened to Gargamel all those years ago that makes him hate the Smurfs so much? And why are the Smurfs such insufferable pricks to this genuinely funny man and his creepy CG-faced cat? All of these questions will be answered in Smurfs 3: The Beginning of the End. »7/15/13 10:22am 7/15/13 10:22am

No one knows why the Smurfs went bad. Did Gargamel get ahold of them? Did they run out of Smurfberries and go madcrazy Did someone put Aggravated Assault Smurf in charge? All we know is that Australia is the latest country to suffer a Smurf-perpetuated crime. »1/11/13 10:40am 1/11/13 10:40am

You'd better hope Joss Whedon gets around to filming Dr. Horrible 2 soon — or else Neil Patrick Harris may already have lost too much of his inner soul essence to those all-devouring blue plastic monstrosities. NPH is filming a sequel to last year's The Smurfs, and here's your first set photo. Looks like a wedding? Or… »7/10/12 4:26pm 7/10/12 4:26pm

Now that The Hunger Games is breaking box office records, one thing's for sure: The CW is going to be racing forward with its TV version of Hunger Games, called The Selection. We can only hope it goes as amazingly bonkers as The CW's answer to Twilight, The Vampire Diaries. Plus if you consider Arrow to be The CW's… »3/26/12 3:32pm 3/26/12 3:32pm

For New Year's Eve in Ecuador, massive paper-and-wood figures known as "años viejos" (Spanish for "old years") are burnt to usher out the past 365 days. These elaborate sculptures depict everyone from Chucky the evil doll to Cable from the X-Men, who are all summarily incinerated as the clock runs down. »12/28/11 8:50pm 12/28/11 8:50pm

What would a real life Smurf look like if it had actually been born out in the woodlands of Belgium? Forget the Smurfs movie — this is the real, fungus-covered creature you would encounter, if the Smurfs lived in our world. Prepare for horror! »9/26/11 3:30pm 9/26/11 3:30pm

The Smurfs is a seemingly endless nightmare in which leering blue monsters shill toys, and help Neil Patrick Harris become a better marketer. It's a film about how marketing is awesome, and how people can eventually get used to even the most annoying jingle. »8/01/11 8:00am 8/01/11 8:00am

There's advertising — and then there's badvertising, promotions so awful they make you cringe. We saw a lot of the latter at Comic-Con 2011. We've rounded up the best of the worst advertisements, for your enjoyment. »7/26/11 3:03pm 7/26/11 3:03pm